The Story of Jumping Blue Gator From Mr. Mouse's Story Corner: the story of a loveable alligator who thinks he is too lumpy.
Stone Soup The classic story of sharing: in times of famine, the community spirit makes something out of nothing. As retold by Zanzelia.
The Story of Athena and Arachne Would you rather weave a square, symmetrical web, or a roundish asymmetrical one? Some ancient stories tell us "how the animals came to be" —why the bear has a short tail, or why the raven is black. (A big word for stories like this: etiology).This story explains why spiders weave webs. As retold by Zanzelia.
The Golden Pomegranates The ancient Greek goddess Demeter meets an unsuspecting farmer in his pomegranate orchard. These pomegranate seeds bound her daughter, Persephone, to stay in the underworld for half of each year.
Jack and the Beanstalk Was Jack foolish to sell his family's cow in exchange for three magic beans? Long story... Zanzelia's retelling.
Write your own heroic adventure story with this Flash toy.
When Zanzelia read Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure, she felt outraged—and then changed the story. Here is Zanzelia's version, called Jake the Dark
Write your own ending for a novel you love! It's a very good way to find out what you thought about the story. Here is Zanzelia's "alternate ending" to George Eliot's The Mill On the Floss. It's very long for a web-page, and it's written in a pseudo-dialect (maybe you'll just get a good laugh).
Alan Ginsberg's beat generation poem, "Howl," left a lasting impression on the generations to follow. If you're a fan of "Howl," check out Zanzelia's Jowl —the howl of an apartment-sized dog.
Here's one I didn't write, but I do admire it. It's the story of the first well, as retold by BookBox as a narrated animation. You can watch it in French on my site; You can also watch it in English, Chinese or German! Great for language learners.